When Concubine Li was seeking help in the palace, Minister Liu Yuan was walking towards the bell tower step by step.
There is no guard near the bell tower, because it is not necessary, and the crossbows of the towers on all sides guard the bell tower forever.
He climbed up the steps, seeing the whole city while walking.
This majestic high wall, the resplendent palace, this vast land, bustling with clouds and clouds, after tonight, he will not be able to see it.
The building is on a high place, and the eyes pass through the empty square and project to the road ahead.
Vertical and horizontal latitude and longitude, clear eyes, facing the front of the square, is the only way to reach the palace. If Ge Lian's army comes, it must pass through here.
The Tianguanfang and Fufufang on both sides are the gathering places of all the important officials of the court, and not far behind is the Six Division Office.
At this moment, the tall courtyards are not peaceful from a distance, and the lights are dimly lit. It seems that many people in the Wangcheng, where the atmosphere is treacherous today, smell ominous.
Liu Yuan smiled with satisfaction.
In this way, when the bell rings, these people will come quickly.
He went up the steps of the bell tower.
The soles of his feet trembled slightly, and he heard the faint mechanism of the four-corner tower start, rattling, which was very clear in the quiet night.
It takes time for the mechanism to start, and it will not be launched until halfway to the clock tower. This is the painstaking effort of the designer, and I hope that those who step on it by mistake will have a chance to recover.
Liu Yuan turned his head and vaguely saw the end of the thoroughfare, with smoke and dust rising.
It was a black cloud, rolling across the long street quietly, the iron armor reflected a cold moon, and the spear tip pointed at the blue sky.
Luoyun only the army is not in vain.
Ge Lian finally mobilized the army and embarked on the road of rebellion according to the original plan.
It is actually not easy for a woman to command two armies suddenly. Ge Lian thought she was lucky, but she didn't know that Gong Yin and his children had been helping.
For example, a general who had doubts in his heart and summoned his own soldiers to break into the big tent to stop him was slaughtered.
For example, the commander of Jingwei, who was stubborn, did not intend to listen to a woman's command at all, and insisted on the presence of Wang Shizi before pulling out troops from the camp, was captured and thrown directly into the muddy pond.
The 20,000 troops, in Luoyun King City at this moment, have the absolute right to speak about force.
Liu Yuan retracted his gaze and stepped up the stairs. Before starting the last step of the crossbow machine, he paused, turned around, knelt down, and kowtowed three times to the palace.
The moonlight is cold and cold, shining on the white hair on the temples.
In this moment, only the sound of the forehead touching the wooden floor was clear and clear, and it was the voice of the Great Virtue, resounding throughout the universe.
After getting up, he changed direction and stared deeply. There was a small courtyard in that direction, although he couldn't see it at the moment, but he could clearly see the appearance of the small courtyard in front of his eyes - flower stone path, blue tiles and white walls, some green wild moss covered the bottom of the wall, the old wood of the windows has been aged for many years It is bright red for a long time, and the only decoration is the copper bell that the old wife hung up ten years ago. The wind jingled, but he was never awakened from his deep sleep, because for so many years, he maintained integrity, introspected, stood up, and was clear.
That was his yard, poor and tidy, not as luxurious and majestic as the surrounding high-rise mansions, but with a sense of freedom that is worthy of his heart.
He stared at it for a long time, then sighed softly.
If you live up to my lord, the country, and the people, you can only live up to your own wife and children.
The husband stands in the world, and before the big festival, every step is life and death.
The smoke and dust rise, and the soldiers are approaching.
He tore off a corner of his robe and stuffed it around his waist. Turn around and lift your feet. Stepping up to the upper level is also the last few steps in life.
"Ga—" The machine reed slightly sounded in the distance, playing the sound of death.
It was faster than expected. The sound of the machine spring had just entered his ears, and the next moment the sound of the wind had already rushed to the back of his head. Before he had time to think about it, he rushed forward.
With a sound of "噗嗤", the arrow that was supposed to be shot at the back of his head pierced his right arm. The force fired by the crossbow was so powerful that it nailed his arm to the stairs.
On the spiral staircase, there was blood pouring down the floor.
He gritted his teeth, grabbed the arrow, swung the arrow with his arm, and pulled out his arm.
Without stopping, he staggered forward, and after the third level, there was another "ga-" sound.
This time he moved faster, still pounced, but after being injured, his reaction slowed down, and an arrow pierced his right leg with a "swoosh".
Liu Yuan's body trembled for a while, beads of sweat rolled down, he was already weak, so he knew it was unlucky to be injured so seriously.
Suddenly there seemed to be a cool breeze below, he lowered his eyes, and through the gap in the stairs, he vaguely saw some white shadows on the square.
He was startled, but those white shadows were motionless, like clay sculptures, standing silently and upright.
Liu Yuan didn't care about it, even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came now, and he couldn't stop him from going on this road. If anyone stops him, he will fall into the nine hells, and he will be cursed every day.
The right arm and right leg lost their function, and Liu Yuan began to crawl.
Dragging the severed limbs, he struggled to move up the stairs. The road in his life was so long. The stairs were winding. When turning, he had to pick up and pick up the limbs that were broken at strange angles. .
The pain was so extreme that there was numbness. He raised his pale face. The loss of blood affected his physical strength the most. The steps that seemed to be climbable in a few steps on weekdays seemed so far away now.
This road to the end is also like ascending to the sky.
Blood poured down all the way, all the way up.
The crossbow is inanimate and is only responsible for precise adjustment, aiming, winding, and launching.
After the sound of "咻咻咻", only a pile of flesh and blood remained on the stairs.
The flesh and blood are still moving, one foot, one inch, one step at a time.
At the last step of the ladder, Liu Yuan raised his head, and above his head was a bronze bell, and a huge black shadow enveloped the surrounding ground.
Mountains and rivers are like bells, and they are struck with life.
On the avenue ahead, the smoke and dust raised by the army can already be seen, grayish yellow, reaching up to the sky.
This is the darkest moment before dawn, and no one knows whether it will be cloudy or sunny in the next moment.
The copper bell was hanging high, three feet above the ground, Liu Yuan could no longer get up.
He took out the corner of the robe that was tucked around his waist. At this moment, only the piece of cloth was not stained with blood. He dipped his own blood and began to write. After finishing writing, he tied the cloth to the white marble railing in front of the bronze bell. , and they spread out like a blood flag.
Then he took off his belt, and hung the blood-stained cloth on the drooping pendulum of the bronze bell. And then hung himself on the belt.
The weight of his whole body tugged at the bell, and he swung feebly from side to side.
"When, when, when."
The mighty voice pierces the clouds and cracks the rocks, like a strong wind passing over the square, the palace, and the entire sleeping falling clouds.
Liu Yuan struggled to open his eyelids that were stuck with blood, and finally, in his hazy vision, he seemed to see startled and running officials, galloping horses, a **** square, a king in armor screaming, and the rebels. Come like a flood, go like a tide of blood; see the iron armor and the sword clashing, the cold sound pierces the sky; see the white marble ground like a piece of snow, stained with fresh blood, the corpses are scattered and no one restrains them, the flesh and blood are covered with wild flowers Iron boots shattered.
This is human life... the life of Luoyun people.
God's will is so cold, he only has time to do his part and die.
Liu Yuan's eyelids slowly drooped.
"I'm sorry, old lady..."
"The husband died in the country..."
The voice gradually dissipated, and the heroic soul disappeared between heaven and earth.
The moment he closed his eyes.
The moment the bell rang.
Countless ministers got up from the bed, put on their clothes and went out, without caring about the sedan chair, they frantically beat their horses, and went straight to the royal city.
Ge Shen suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the palace gate. His face was furious for a moment, then turned into shock, and suddenly he stretched out his arms and shouted: "All the palace guards are assembled! Go to the palace gate! Let people rush to the imperial guard camp, all camps Qi Zicheng enters the gate of heaven, hurry up and rescue him!"
Inside and outside the royal city, countless soldiers put on their helmets and armor, the sound of iron boots knocked on the palace road, torches and crowds gathered together, and they concentrated towards the royal city in a mighty manner.
Ge Lian suddenly raised her head and stared in the direction of the square, her face pale.
She never expected that someone would ring the imperial bell!
She knew someone was causing trouble, she knew who it might be, and she even understood the opponent's intention, which was to take revenge on Luoyun and provoke a battle between Luoyun's royal family. Because of this, she believed that the other party would not disrupt her military operations, and she could take advantage of it. , as long as the opportunity is seized, Ge Shen is eliminated, and the power is in hand, it will not be too late to deal with that group of people. Even if she couldn't deal with it, and someone messed up Luoyun and left, Luoyun was the one who was damaged by the chaos. For her, as long as she gained power, it was better than living precariously under the oppression of that cold-hearted father.
With such a clear calculation, she stepped into the other party's plot.
Now, before the war broke out, how could the bell ring?
This is impossible!
Her fingers trembled slightly, but her back was still straight. Seeing that the subordinates around her were disturbed when they heard the bell, she pointed to the square in front of her and said sharply: "Listen! The country is in trouble, and the bell is ringing! Who can ring this bell except the king is in trouble? The king calls I'm waiting for rescue, why dawdle!"
The soldiers suddenly became nervous, whipped and beat their horses, and became more and more convinced of her "the king is being held hostage and needs to be rescued". Ge Lian was a little relieved, thinking that Jingwei and Wucheng Bingma Si each had 20,000 horses, and the imperial camp had 10,000 horses. It is the main military force of Luoyun City. Although I can only transfer half of the manpower of Jingwei and Wucheng Bingmasi at this moment, the king will suspect that the two armies have turned against each other because it is Wubingmasi and Jingwei who are here. , no matter what, if you don’t dare to adjust it again, then only 10,000 people in the imperial camp and 5,000 people in the palace guards can be used. I have more than 20,000 people against the king's 15,000, and the 10,000 may not arrive in time, and the chances of winning are still there!
She settled down for a while, and while speeding up her horse, she felt uneasy at the same time—why would someone ring that bell? Why didn't the person who made trouble behind the scenes stop it?
now.
For the time being, it is still on the square as clean as water.
A group of people in white clothes fell.
It was Gong Yin who was standing not far from the bell tower, looking up at the top of the bell tower, Liu Yuan's body was still being swayed by the wind from above, and the beating of the copper bell was buzzing even after his death. It kept ringing, one sound at a time, until the entire Luoyun was awakened.
In fact, he had come here before, and the timing was very coincidental, when Liu Yuan had disabled his right arm and right leg, and was still climbing towards the bell tower.
Gong Yin knew that according to his plan, he should go up and pull him down.
Yet he stood still. He also stopped all the disciples from moving.
"Watch," he said.
A group of masters from the Long family stood upright, watching the subject on the road to death.
Knowing that letting him go to ring the bell would add more variables to the plan, make the Luoyun incident difficult, and make it difficult for them to leave after troubled waters, but no one moved.
There is a kind of persistence and strength of character that must be respected.
If the integrity is like this, the enemy still respects it.
The bell rang.
Gong Yin leaned down slightly.
He doesn't pay homage to the heaven and earth, his relatives and teachers, and he doesn't care about the victory or defeat of his enemies or friends, he only bows down for his integrity.
Behind him, the crowd in white bowed like falling snow and green pines.
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The bell rang, but Jing Hengbo couldn't hear it.
She rolled all the way along the ground, the ground was like a seesaw, tilted to a great extent, her eyes were fixed on the front, Ge Shao just rolled down from here.
But then her eyes widened—there was a wall ahead!
For a moment, she hesitated whether to jump up and run away so as not to hit her head and bleed, or to trust her eyes and bite her teeth?
Someone rolled over quickly from behind, hugged her, and slammed into the wall.
Jing Hengbo didn't have time to stop him, he could only feel that it was Yeluqi from the faint smell of medicine.
Just when the two were still three inches away from the wall, the wall seemed to feel the vibration, and suddenly retreated.
Jing Hengbo felt that he was picked up like a pile of garbage that was picked up in the dustpan.
It is said that the royal families and nobles of various countries in the wilderness like to install various organs and secret passages in their homes, and the design methods are different. This is a habit passed down from the founding empress. Under the palace, an equally huge underground palace was dug.
Today's road is different from what Jing Hengbo has seen. It is slender and narrow, like a flat cloth bag, which gathers people down.
Jing Hengbo was thinking about the phrase "The main switch is underground, I want you all to die."
Although she didn't think that Ge Shao's identity was enough for her to know the core of the organization that could destroy the entire Luoyun court, her deep fear of the two sisters still made her chase them down.
The matter is of great importance, all her subordinates are in the palace, Gong Yin should be able to finish what she has to do soon if there is no accident, come back to her, in case there is really some mechanism that destroys heaven and earth in Luoyun Palace, it hurts And them, that's not what she wants to see.
Not even one in a thousand is possible.
It was subconscious when she rolled down, and she began to regret it as soon as she fell down—she was alive and well, always forgetting that there was another one in her belly.
Fortunately, Yeluqi hugged her in time and protected her in his arms. The secret passage was smooth and straight down without steps, so it would not cause any harm.
While rolling down, she was thinking, what could cause disaster in Luoyun Palace?
Thinking about it, I think it is impossible. In this era, there are no overly lethal weapons, but there is always a faint uneasiness in my heart.
Ge Shao will run in until he dies, so he must have his obsession.
Suddenly Yeluqi stopped, and Jing Hengbo also felt the ground. He looked up and saw a wall in front of him. There was a turntable on the wall, half blue and half black. The turntable was stained with blood, which should be Ge Shao's blood.
Obviously this is a portal or an institution, and Ge Shao has already opened the door and entered.
How to open this door?
Jing Hengbo can teleport, but the premise of teleportation is that she has a spatial concept of the place she wants to go and can guarantee enough space for existence.
And behind this wall, which places are solid and which places are empty, she doesn't know. It is difficult for her thoughts to find an accurate foothold. In order to avoid danger, she will first cut off the possibility of movement in her consciousness.
Jing Hengbo thought for a while, and Yeluqi and Yeluqi were at the top respectively, and chose a dead corner that was guaranteed to be inaccessible to any mechanism, and found a piece of broken wood on the ground. She stayed far away at the dead corner, manipulating the broken wood, Push the turntable.
Push left to shoot a bunch of poisoned arrows.
Pushing to the right, the ground rumbles into a layer, and the bottom layer is densely packed with scorpions and poisonous insects.
Yeluqi had been listening attentively to the movement of the spring behind his head, and suddenly said: "Try to make three turns to the left, then one to the right, and then one to the left."
Jing Hengbo did as he did, and this time the entire roulette bounced out, smashing the opposite stone wall into pieces, and bounced back quickly.
But at this moment, the sharp-eyed Yeluqi had already seen the structure of the mechanism inside, and quickly said: "Two circles to the left are enough, and then one to the right and one to the left!"
This time with a "click", the roulette split into two, revealing two secret passages.
The direction of the secret passage is completely opposite, they are all dark, no difference can be seen.
Jing Hengbo knew that he had taken the wrong secret path and finished playing.
Yeluqi lay down on the ground, listened carefully for a while, and said, "There is a slight panting sound from the secret passage on the left." He reached out and picked up a piece of soil at the entrance of the secret passage on the left. The soil was slightly dark in color and exuded a faint **** smell.
"Ge Shao is on the left."
The road was very tortuous, and the digging was rather rough. It didn't have the style of Wangjiami Road at all. The ground was not paved with bluestone, and there was no light. It was impossible to set up traps in this kind of tunnel.
After going through three or four bends, a stone door suddenly appeared in front of him. It was strange to have a stone door in such a rough place, and the door was also extraordinarily thick and heavy. Jing Hengbo looked at the door, and a thought flashed in his mind. He felt that the door didn't look like it was pushed open, but it seemed to be blocked to prevent people from entering.
Immediately, she couldn't help laughing, thinking that she had read too many Hu Bao's notes?
Suddenly she felt a little light, and after a closer look, she found that there was a faint light of fire coming through the gap in the stone gate.
She leaned on the door and looked for a long time, only to see that there is quite a big space inside, just an empty room, with a huge cauldron in it, and a huge pipe connected to it in a strange way, and the flames flickering on the furnace door under the cauldron, obviously already lit . The sound of gurgling and turning pulp can be vaguely heard.
This scene looks like refining medicine. Could it be that Ge Shao was seriously injured and knew that there was an elixir here, so he came to help himself?
There was a person beside the tripod, wearing a long gown from head to toe, and a mask that covered the whole head. The whole person was tight, like a huge moving jar. If it wasn't because she was too weak, she would pant a few times when adding fire. Jing Hengbo couldn't confirm whether it was Ge Shao or not.
Ge Shao's strict attire, and the huge pipe that obviously leads to the top, made her feel a faint bad feeling in her heart.
Damn it, isn't this a bioweapon gas chamber?
In this era, apart from this thing, what other intruders could destroy the entire palace in an instant?
"Can you figure out where the exit of this pipe should be?" She whispered to Yeluqi.
Yeluqi's face was also quite solemn, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "It should be the entrance of the palace gate facing the square."
Jing Hengbo's expression changed.
Ge Lian is going to attack the palace in a blink of an eye. It must be from the palace gate facing the square. Resistance must be organized in the palace. Tens of thousands of troops will gather in that area. If Pei Shu Gongyin and others are blocked by then, Or her group of teasers are interested in joining the fight, then the poisonous gas that comes out will kill her companions.
Moreover, she felt that the entire design and arrangement of the giant cauldron that was sealed to death under the palace was clearly not a refuge, but a forbidden place.
So what is it that spread out? It may be worse than she imagined—the speed of spreading infectious diseases in ancient times has always been amazing...
Yeluqi suddenly began to tear off his clothes, wrapped her head and face tightly, and said in a low voice and quickly: "I know I can't stop you at this moment... Promise me, don't breathe, leave Ge Shao alone, protect yourself, put out the fire quickly, and leave quickly !"
After thinking about it, he added, "Whether you can put out the fire or not, you have to come back immediately! Don't be stupid! Even if the poisonous smoke disperses, it will take time. They may not be at the exit, and they may not be easily poisoned outside. You are the last one inside. dangerous!"
With eyes full of gratitude, Jing Hengbo held his hand and said, "I thought you would pretend to be weak and hold me back..."
"I really want to..." Yeluqi smiled wryly.
He really wanted to hold her back, knock her over and go straight away, but he couldn't bear to hurt her.
What would go wrong if she was carried away? How would she spend her life?
"Don't worry." Jing Hengbo patted his hand and walked in.
The next moment she rushed straight to the tripod.
But when she got in front of her, she was dumbfounded, the tripod was too big, and when she took a closer look, she realized that it was as tall as three people. With only three feet, she was as tall as her legs. Although the place where the fire started was at the bottom, the fire had already reached the belly of the tripod. A few parts of the belly of the tripod was dimly flickering with flames. She dodged to open the damper, but before she could stand still, she let out a muffled groan, and fell down suddenly, looking down to see that the toe of her boot had been burned away.
The temperature of the tripod body is already extremely high, and it cannot be approached at all.
As for the pipe, don't look at it, the pipe is thinner than the tripod, it stands in the tripod and goes straight to the top, it must be so hot that it can be cooked right now, if Jing Hengbo sticks it on, it can immediately become roasted Hengbo.
With a wave of Jing Hengbo's hand, the dagger flew up and slashed at the pipe, but apart from a few sparks, there was not even a mark.
The entire cauldron was in a mess, and she had no way to break through it.
There was a giggle accompanied by muffled coughing from behind, Ge Shao slowly moved over, the voice in the hood was hoarse and unpleasant, but full of pleasure.
"...Want to put out the fire? The fire is in the cauldron now, do you want to go in and put it out?"
Jing Hengbo stared at her closely, Ge Shao's eyes were full of the madness of a dying man, and the pride of his imminent revenge.
"They will all be at the gate of the palace, and she will be at the gate of the palace. She said that one day she will no longer be oppressed by others, she must lead the army, go up the tower, and take a good look at the falling clouds... Now, she, Ge Shen, the entire royal family, and the entire court , and those of you who dare to oppose me and harm me...all of you must be buried with me! Bury with me!"
Ge Shao's hoarse and crazy laughter echoed in the empty room.
At this time, the flame in the cauldron flickered along with Ge Shao's strange eyes.
At this time, the sound of gurgling and turning the slurry was more obvious, and there were some faint sounds of liquid flowing.
At this time, Pei Shu and others were gathering towards the palace gate from inside the palace, and Gong Yin from outside the palace to inside the palace.
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